Tag Archives: Clutter

The Tidy Bears are back

Posted on July 18, 2017 by john graham

Throughout June and July in the midst of all the political election shenanigans, my tidying up took a back seat and so did the Tidy Bears, who are not at all interested in politics.    They are not particularly interested … Continue reading →

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Tidy Bears Open Box 2

Posted on April 27, 2017 by john graham

Today Whitey Bear found a box on a shelf in the study which Uncle Den had made.  The box had a lock, so Whitey thought “it must contain something valuable”.  Sadly when he opened it was completely empty.     … Continue reading →

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Tidy Bears Open Box 1

Posted on April 25, 2017 by john graham

Today the Tidy Bears have started to de-clutter the first of the many boxes around the house.    They can safely start with the blue box in the main bedroom because it is full of John’s stuff.   It is the … Continue reading →

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Clutter Boxes or Tidy Boxes

Posted on April 20, 2017 by john graham

One way of de-cluttering is emptying boxes (for that include cardboard boxes, wooden boxes, chests, ottomans, baskets, etc).  It is not really de-cluttering, in fact it is just “out of sight, out of mind” cluttering.   You put things in … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 31 —- Clutter Lessens

Posted on April 18, 2017 by john graham

I seem to have been at this de-cluttering lark for an age.    What have I learned so far ? FOCUS —- stay on a narrow track when you are de-cluttering.    It is all too easy to get deflected … Continue reading →

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SCRAP Step 30 – Travel Books.

Posted on April 13, 2017 by john graham

Walking through your travel books is like walking through the leisurely chapters of your life.    Whenever we go on holiday I always collect tourist books and maps either before we travel or more likely when we get there.   … Continue reading →

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Tidy Bears and Flower Vases

Posted on April 11, 2017 by john graham

The Bears are continuing there relentless search for clutter to de-clutter. Peter Rabbit and is the smart one in the team and he thought they should change their name to the Tidy Bears.     “That would leave John totally responsible  for all the … Continue reading →

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Older People are CLUTTER

Posted on April 9, 2017 by john graham

For weeks now I have been writing about clutter and in the meantime politicians have been assailed from all sides by concerns about the perilous situation of funding for social care for older people.  Then it occurred to me that … Continue reading →

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Clutter Bears and Cleaning Materials

Posted on April 6, 2017 by john graham

Way back on Step 22 of John’s de-cluttering journey he thought he had de-cluttered the clutter of  cleaning materials.    How wrong can you be? The clutter Bears have now taken over and are going to be much more thorough than … Continue reading →

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Clutter Bears and Origami

Posted on April 4, 2017 by john graham

In our last Bear blog you may have noticed that Little Ted was not in the photograph.  Actually he doesn’t like cleaning toilets anymore than John does, but Little Ted thinks he knows rather more interesting Japanese tidying techniques than cleaver clogs John. So he sneeked … Continue reading →

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